Life is loaded. Add up the ingredients of a routine day: getting kids ready for school, packing lunches, getting ready for work, traffic, co-workers, projects, meetings, helping with homework, kids extracurricular activities, exercise, church functions, and more. And this recipe alone doesn’t make it difficult to regularly read the Bible.

These full days also get bits of eggshell in the batter. Days can spin out of our routine with stress at work, car problems, sick kids, a spouse traveling for work, or a rough night of sleep. Our days can be unpredictable, and that’s why our Bible intake often is too.

Through my own ups and downs of trying to consistently read the Bible, I’ve put five things in place to help me. Two rejections. Three reading practices.

Reject Needing the Instagramable Scenario

While it’d be great to have thirty minutes alone in the morning with a fresh cup of single-origin coffee from Kenya—you can’t rely on the setting to read the Scriptures. If you get the 6 am dream setting, fantastic. Enjoy. But don’t hitch your reading of the Holy Bible to that sketchy schedule.

Your kids might wake up as you shuffle down the hall to grab your Bible. Peace and quiet deactivated. You might oversleep and have to rush out the door. It happens. But that doesn’t mean your Bible reading can’t.

Waiting for your oil to be changed in your car? Read. You don’t need spacey music, a candle, and your Bible pen. Just read. At your kid’s soccer practice for an hour? Bring your Bible. David meditated on God’s word while hiding in caves. The dentist’s office is a-okay.

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